The Award was presented in Melbourne on 6 October at the Annual KOY Dinner. Report and photos in our gallery here.

Great day at the ClubFeast Day of St Constantine and St HelenThe Kazzie Club celebrated the feast day of our Patron Saints, Sts Constantine and Helen, on 27 May at the Clubrooms. VCE recognition awards were presented to Sophia Alexandra Davis and Anthony Stabelos. The Kastellorizian Young Achiever Award went to Sebastian Kritikides for his endeavours in the field of music. Apart from the great vibes and excellent catering, it was pleasing to see lots of young people and children attending.

Special guests were our local member, the Hon Martin Foley, and the Mayor of the City of Port Phillip, Bernadene Voss. It was a magical day, and extremely well attended. Please visit our gallery here for a pictorial round-up and report prepared by Dr George Stabelos.

Support from young peopleThe club has appointed three Youth Representatives who are keen to work on initiatives for our young people. A European correspondent has also been appointed. Details in our e-bulletin EB33 here.

Operation Abstention: The Battle for Kastellorizo, 1941Part 1: Overview and the Australian Connection.

The above article by Dr George Stabelos appeared in the last issue of Filia, published by Friends of Kastellorizo.

Older News

The annual celebratory KOY dinner was held at the clubrooms on October 7th. Please visit our Gallery here for a pictorial roundup of the event.

Andrew Jackomos, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, presented a history of his own Kastellorizian/Aboriginal family connection at the Greek Centre in Melbourne. Click here to view his talk.

Genealogy. Is your family history registered on the Kastellorizian genealogy site? Your relatives might already be there. Check out www.castellorizo.org. The database, maintained by Allan Cresswell, has over 30,000 persons listed. Either go directly to the site or find out more on our genealogy page.

Is renewable energy for Kastellorizo a possibility?Read here what Dr George Stabelos has to say on this topic in a recent article written for Filia, the quarterly publication of the Friends of Kastellorizo.

Instagram photo by @eleni_smiles

Photos of KastellorizoThe Friends of Kastellorizo Instagram page @kastellorizofriends now has over 1100 Followers. The site has many beautiful photos of Kastellorizo to browse.

If you have photos to share we encourage you to do so by using the hashtag #kastellorizofriends on your Instagram posts about Kastellorizo, and FoK will look to repost as many of your images as possible.